Oh No It's Selwyn Froggitt

Selwyn Froggitt, a well read clumsy buffoon smashes his way through his sleepy Yorkshire village of Scarsdale.

Cast:Bill Maynard , Megs Jenkins , Bob Keegan , Ray Mort , Richard Davies , Bill Dean , Harold Goodwin , Lynda Baron , Bernard Gallagher , Rosemary Martin , Teddy Turner , Eddie Davies , Lori Wells , Dave Thomas , Daphne Heard , David Lodge , Trevor Martin , Ivor Salter

0Season 1

S1.E0 ∙ Oh No- It's Selwyn Froggit

Mon, Sep 30, 1974

Selwyn tries to impress his boss by telling him he reads the Times newspaper. When that doesn't work, he tell him he was a sergeant in the army and it was all a secret operation. He is a lout, braggart, practical joker, self important, unmarried and a pain to everyone around him, but he is the best hole digger in Yorkshire. People start running when they see him coming. Hence the series title.

1Season 1

S1.E1 ∙ Three Fifths of the World Loves a Lover

Wed, Jan 7, 1976

Maurice wants Selwyn out of the house when his lady friend Vera comes for tea, so he gets the guys from the club to make up an activity for him to keep him away. They tell him there is a football match on the moors and they need him to referee. He is armed with a map and a white coat and off he goes. The place they sent him to is an abandoned pitch and he returns home. Vera is still there and she offers to give him a big kiss and he runs back to the club, and tells the boys that he knew they were just having a joke with him.

2Season 1

S1.E2 ∙ We Are the Masters Now

Wed, Jan 14, 1976

As Selwyn is digging a hole, he is throwing the dirt all over Clive's car. Clive challenges him to a duel. Selwyn agrees to play dominoes for the duel and wins. He stands up, upsets the table and spills beer all over the members of the club. Clive submits that Selwyn should be barred from the club for all the damages he causes every day. He gets a verbal warning, then decides to run for the club committee.

3Season 1

S1.E3 ∙ There Are Several Businesses Like Show Business

Wed, Jan 21, 1976

After winning the election, Selwyn makes 54 proposals at the meeting and everyone votes for him to be the entertainment manager just to end the meeting. He seems to think he can get Sammy Davis Jr. to come to the club for £20. While on stage, he is told Sammy will not be coming. To save face, he starts singing "Blue Suede Shoes" and he is a hit. The club made £96 for the night.

4Season 1

S1.E4 ∙ The Grand Outing

Wed, Jan 28, 1976

The club outing is Saturday and Selwyn want to go to the Taj Mahal. The committee vote for Blackpool, but Selwyn secretly books Stratford on Avon. When the coach does not show up, he sends the club members to his mother's to watch TV while they wait. The coach has been impounded and they are not going anywhere. When Selwyn goes to break the news to them he finds they have eaten his brother's birthday lunch, including the cake.

5Season 1

S1.E5 ∙ The Master Builder

Wed, Feb 4, 1976

Selwyn's boss tasks him to find the city drains underground. They give him maps and send him out. He travels all around trying to match the map to the scenery and ends up digging out the gents toilets in the club. When he discovers the maps are metric, he moves on and ends up at his own house. It seems the drains are under his kitchen.

6Season 1

S1.E6 ∙ Ladies' Desire

Wed, Feb 11, 1976

The committee are sent tickets to the Mayors Ball. When Selwyn sees that he has to bring a date, he panics. He is afraid of women and lies to the group about the woman he is taking. The group get an application for a dating service and ask him questions about what kind of woman he likes. He has no idea what they are up to. His date arrives and he knows her, so he is more comfortable to attend.

1Season 2

S2.E1 ∙ Daze of Hope

Mon, Feb 21, 1977

Radio North wants to host a sports quiz with the local clubs. Jack tells Selwyn that they are coming to feature him in the "This is Your Life" programme. When the gang feels the joke has gone to far, they show him the letter from Radio North. Now he believes that both shows are coming on the same night.

2Season 2

S2.E2 ∙ The Game of the Name

Mon, Feb 28, 1977

Selwyn is hosting a bingo game and promises the Sid Arkwright Band as entertainment. When they don't show up, he gets called into the office to explain why no entertainer ever shows up for his events. He explains that they can't find the club because there is no name on the building, and he promptly volunteers to paint the sign.

3Season 2

S2.E3 ∙ Raffles

Mon, Mar 7, 1977

Selwyn sent the old folks on a day trip to Scarborough, only problem was, he was supposed to drive the bus, and they ended up in Bridlington. The club have to raise funds to pay for the fines and transport back, and decide to hold a raffle. The only prize Selwyn could come up with is a salt and pepper shaker set from his mothers kitchen.

4Season 2

S2.E4 ∙ Selwyn Rides Again

Mon, Mar 14, 1977

The gang are loading the beer into the club, when Selwyn throws a case into a large stack and it tumbles down on him. He won't take the blame as usual, so he tells the committee that it is Ray's fault because he is over worked. They decide to hire a barmaid and his mother and Vera both apply for the job.

5Season 2

S2.E5 ∙ Alphabetical Orders

Mon, Mar 21, 1977

Clive pulls yet another prank on Selwyn. He calls him in a disguised voice and tells him he is needed for a special op by the government. Go to a construction shack down the road and wait for a special parcel and bring it back to the pub. Selwyn waits all night and in the morning it is there. He takes it back and opens it. Not exactly a military secret.

6Season 2

S2.E6 ∙ The Protection Racket

Mon, Mar 28, 1977

Ray and Vera are discussing holidays and looking at brochures. When Selwyn comes in, they keep quiet about it. He thinks she is planning a holiday with Ray. He thinks Vera is cheating on Maurice and she plans on running off to Switzerland with him. Should he tell Maurice or not?

7Season 2

S2.E7 ∙ Just Cause and Impediment

Mon, Apr 4, 1977

Maurice and Vera are getting married. Selwyn volunteers to arrange everything. Just a few problems, like the camera has no film, the car is out of gas, the reception is in the pub, and the cake is a cardboard display from the bakery. In spite of him, the wedding goes ahead and the couple go off in the car pushed by the guests.

1Season 3

S3.E1 ∙ Be It Ever So Humble There's No Place

Tue, Nov 8, 1977

Vera and Maurice are back from their honeymoon and his mother tells Selwyn that he has been evicted from his shared bedroom. He sleeps on the chair, and looks in the newspaper for a place to live, but to no avail. The committee take pity on him and give him a makeshift bed at the club.

2Season 3

S3.E2 ∙ Gala Performance

Tue, Nov 15, 1977

The annual Scarsdale Gala is here. Selwyn volunteers for so many jobs at the fair, that Jack, Harry, Clive and Ray just sit in the beer tent all day drinking. At the end of the event, Selwyn is exhausted and asks for help to get the empty beer bottles back to the club. They won't help, and Selwyn makes another mess of things by doing it on his own.

3Season 3

S3.E3 ∙ Boom Boom

Tue, Nov 22, 1977

Selwyn volunteers to join the Scarsdale band. He drives his family crazy by practicing at all hours. He is so proud, he tells the committee about it, and they let him know that the band has be defunct for a few months. So he decides to have a group photo to hang over the bar, but the drum rolls away.

4Season 3

S3.E4 ∙ The Occupational Hazard

Tue, Nov 29, 1977

Selwyn gets a promotion at work and is now a wrecking ball operator. When he is sent to Mr. Goodall's home to pull it down, he finds him barricaded in. He quits, and Mr Bromley orders him to come down off the truck. Selwyn hits a lever and accidentally drops the ball on Bromley's new car.

5Season 3

S3.E5 ∙ Sling Along with Selwyn

Tue, Dec 6, 1977

Selwyn enters a wellie throwing contest. Unfortunately the boot ends up hitting Clive, landing in the canal, and landing on the mast of an outgoing ship. The committee were hoping for a share in the prize of one year free drinks at any pub in town.

6Season 3

S3.E6 ∙ A Little Learning

Tue, Dec 13, 1977

After helping a young boy, the boy tells Selwyn that he is bullied at school. The bullies call the boy Selwyn Froggitt. Selwyn takes it to heart and gets a set of encyclopedias. A radio quiz comes on and the question is on the exact item he is reading in the book. He wins £10 and his ego is boosted. There is graffiti all over town to celebrate.

7Season 3

S3.E7 ∙ Around the Houses

Tue, Dec 20, 1977

At the annual committee meeting, Selwyn confesses that he lost £10 from the petty cash box. He put it in an envelope and took it home. He decides to have a sponsored bike race to raise the money. After doing 50 laps of the town, he only made £2. That night, his mum finds the envelope.

8Season 3

S3.E8 ∙ On the Feast of Selwyn

Tue, Dec 27, 1977

Selwyn and his puppet Johnny entertain the kids at the children's home. He then goes to the pub to collect the miserable Mr. Ramshaw, the senior the Froggitt's have to entertain for Christmas this year. Selwyn takes him to Church, the cemetery to visit all three wives, home for lunch, charades, I spy games, and then back to the pub for the Christmas raffle. Mr. Ramshaw wins the giant stuffed teddy with only one ticket. Selwyn spent £6 on tickets and is disappointed. Ramshaw gives him the teddy and Selwyn takes it to the Children's Home.